I hated this book. Couldnt wait until I was done. ( )

Although I read this because it was a Binchy and I usually enjoy her books this one left me a bit wanting.

Back Cover Blurb:
The MacMahons are the central characters and even more so when Helen the wife and mother disappears....everyone assumes that she has drowned in the lake. Thus begins a tangled, touching, and sometimes tragic story of love, loss and misunderstanding. ( )

Loved, Loved, Loved this book. I did not think that Maeve Binchy could write a book that I enjoyed more than Circle of Friends......but she did!! ( )

An Irish mother, bored with her life as the wife of a small-town pharmacist, runs off to London with her lover. An unexpected turn of events, however, insures that she will never be able to return home again. Told from the POV of the mother & the daughter she left behind (& longs to be re-united with) this story of longing & suspense hold our attention as the years pass & the daughter grows into a woman able to make her own judgements. ( )

Unhappy wife pretends to die leaving her children and husband behind. How the daughter finds the mother and how the family survives the mother's betrayal. ( )